Peshawar, November 24: At least seven persons were killed in an exchange of fire between two groups of people following a dispute over a cricket match among children in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, authorities said on Saturday.

"One party opened fire to which the other party, which was also armed, retaliated and responded with gun fires," he said. The exchange of fire left seven persons dead from both sides at the spot and one other injured. "Three persons belong to one party and four from other party died respectively," he said.